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The state of the powdercoat was bad. A lot of chipped of pieces. It had to be painted again. But then, why not have it changed a little by a framebuilder before spraying. I could think of some enhancements. I am a patient man, so I went for it.
Even my patience was tested I must say. This spring I got the frameset back.
Entrance in downtube for internal light cabling
Mount for a lock on the seatstays
I had the canti studs removed. New studs brazed on for Mafac Racer. Those open up when braking, should be better with mudguards. Should improve braking performance with Campa Ergo levers, when compared to cantilevers.
Custom cablestop
Mount for a Pletscher kickstand
Extra eyelet on front fork, so mudguard and low rider don't have to share a single eyelet. Eyelet isn't in the center of rotation, so if the mudguard breaks during riding, it shouldn't lock the wheel up and throw me over the bars.
Also visible one of the three little pieces to tie up the dynohub cable to the inside of the forks.
Mount for a little frontrack that will accept a handlebarbag.
Mafac Racer studs on front fork
Not visible in the picture: mount in the fork crown for mudguard. No more L brackets!
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Time for a respray. The original had no decals at all. To me that means I can design my paint scheme and decals myself, as long as the frameset is recognizable as a Norwid Esbjerg ( Norwid is a german custom builder ).
As the Norwid logo is a little too modern for my liking, I designed a new logo and decals. As far as colors go, I decided on blueish with cream panels and golden accents. The compass theme from the original logo is included in my design.
After that, printing to paper and finding the right spot for the decals.
I have always liked the idea of my own autograph painted on. If Ernesto Colnago can do that, so can I.
Little detail on the seatstay tops.
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Very nice looking build so far
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Looking good!
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More to go please:
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And more ;-)
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Marten Gerritsen of M-gineering did the alterations. He's located in Kiel-Windeweer in the Netherlands.
I chose him because of his experience with Mafac Racer studs. He had welded those before on one of his own bikes. I was allowed to take that bike for a spin, braking performance was really impressive. No flex at all.
And classic looks as an added bonus.
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The frameset was painted by a professional some weeks ago. I recently picked it up, and yesterday I managed to take some pictures.
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Awesome!
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Lovely!
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Forgot to show the decal on the toptube. Compass theme again. It's going to be hard to get lost with that compass constantly right in front of me ;-)
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About
Norwid Esbjerg Tourer
Posted by
@Captain_Darcy
Some years ago I was in need of a new tourer since the driveside chainstay of the old one broke in two. I even visited Mercian to get me informed about a custom frame: I have short arms in comparison to my legs. We could not find a solution we both could live with. I wanted clearance for 700x 35c with mudguards, amongst other details.
Two years ago I picked up a Norwid Esbjerg frameset + forks that ticked most of my boxes:
37mm tire + mudguard clearance,
lugged Thron steel with headtube and downtube oversized,
threaded fork,
vertical dropouts,
lots of eyelets for racks and mudguards,
sizing not perfect but acceptable.
It came with some components that could be used for my build. But a lot couldn't. Racks, saddle, shifters all not included in the sale.